Description: He dresses like a well dressed Guard does. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in a small forest village. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a fancy tan dress. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This eastern woman wears a green tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is white and curly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Damaia's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 sp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bookbinder. She is portly but not overly obese. She has no hair. Her white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student she started as a Spice Merchant, but she got bored and became a Bookbinder. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has moderate length brown hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Liftrasa abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a red costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sculptor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. She is baby faced.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. When Dara reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Dara was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 sp. Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: She wears a blue coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is a great chef.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Revenge; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 40 gp. Obsidian (7 gp).